La Reforma is a town and
municipality
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in
Oaxaca
Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...
in south-western
Mexico
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. The municipality covers an area of 496.3 km².
It is part of
Putla District in the west of the
Sierra Sur Region.
The territory of what is now the town of La Reforma, was originally inhabited by Mixtecs (tacuates) brothers of the race of the tacuates from Zacatepec and Ixtayutla, belonging to the kingdom of Tututepec, under the reign of chief Coaquitecuhtli.
1891: Rancho del Zapote is the municipality of the Jamiltepec district.
1901: It is registered as Zapote belonging to the district of Jamiltpec. The political category is changed to town.
1906: Decree number 23 dated December 31, El Zapote is segregated from the district of Jamiltepec and added to the new district of Putla.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,096.
References
{{Putla District, Oaxaca
Municipalities of Oaxaca